Truck attachment.



J. W. FORSERr TRUCK ATACHMEN.

APPLICATION FILED APILZZ. IQII.

L h Patented A r. 23,1918.

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JESSEW. FORSTER, or ALBANY},`OREGON.

TRUC ATTACHMEN To all whom Z' may Concern Be it known that. l, `JEssE W.l`ons'rnl,

acitizen of the United States,` residing at Albany, 1n thecountypf Linnand state ol' Oregon, have lnvented certain new and useful improvementsin Trucl. A ttach meets; and I dohereby `declare\the follovv V ing to bea full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such aswill enableothers silled in' the art to 'Which it appertains to make and usethesame. i i 1 ,This invention relates to a .truck attachment and .moreparticularly to a device adapte'd to be employed upon a lumber track ofthe two Wheel type and has for one of itsobjects the provision of meansWhereby each end ofthe truck may' be supported so as to preventthe truckfrom tipping When being loaded. ,p i l Another objecti this invention isthe provision of substantially Vshaped members carried. by each end ofthe truck and adapted to be swung downwardly for engagement With theground to [support each end ofthe truck to preventthe same fromtipping-While loading. i y

A further object of this invention is the provision of means capable oflooking the V-shaped member against movement either in operative orinoperative position.

A still further object of this invention is the provision' of a truckattachment of the above stated character, Which shall be si1n ple,durable and eflicient, and Which may be manufactured and sold at acomparatively With these and other objects in view as Will become moreap arent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certainnoVel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts asWill be hereinafter more fully described and claimed..

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had tothe fol' lowing description and accompanying drawing. in which:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a truck attachmentconstructed in accordance With my nvention,

Fig. is a top plan 'View of the same,

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view illustrating the V-shapedsupporting members in engagement With the ground,

l ig. 4 is a perspective View of one of the Webmail members,

'specification of Letters Patent.

` Fig. `5 isajperspective view of the brack Fig. 6 ls a perspective viewofthe lookbe1 "-in operative or inoperative position, y

Fig 7 is a perspective'view of an operat ground Wheels n' The sidemembers 2 are etsl'or supporting one endof the V-shaped member,

ing bracket `for lockingthe V-shaped melny f numerallindicates as 'anentiretyya lum ber truck consisting of a "pair "offrela tively spaced`side members 2,'Which`have` journaled thereon, i1`itermediate theirends,

connected byftransverse members el, for sup porting lumber or the likeupon thedevice.

The at'ore description relates to a Well known construction of trackandto Which my invention is applied. p

I n applymg my lnventlon to the above der scribed trucl, one lS dpplledto each end thereof as shown in Fig. 2, and reference to one isthoughtto be suflicient for both.

A substantially Vshaped supportmgmember 5 has the ends and 7 of its 'armportions angularly relatedthereto and theend 7 y is of greater lengththan the end G and isinserted through an aperture in the looking bracket8 carried by one of the side members `2 and one of the end transversemembers a. The end 7 after passlng through the looking bracket 8 iseXtended through an aperture in the end transverse member 4: and hasmounted thereon, a coiled spring 9. Secured to the free end of the end 7is ahandle 10.` The coiled spring 9 exerts pressure upon the Washer 11and the handle 10 for normally ur ging the \l-shaped supporting member 5into engagement With the looking" bracket 8.

The end 6 of the V-shaped supporting member 5 eXtends through anaperture in an ear 12 formed upon a bracket 13, Which is secured to oneof the side members 2 as shown at l l.

The looking bracket 8 is of substantially L-shaped formation and has itsarm portions 15 secured to One of the side members as clearly shown inFigs. 1 and 2, while its portion 16 is secured to one of the end trans-Verse members 4 and is of substantially triangular shape in outline. Aflange 17 is formed upon the lower edge of the portion \16, of thebracket 8 and has a cut out portion 18 to form a receiving notch 19 forre stantially V-Shaped supporting" member when moved into operativeposition Or into engagement With the ground for supporting the truck asshown in Fig. 1, thus preventing the supporting member from accidentalmovement While in operative position.

By pnshing inwardly upon the handle 10 against the tension of the spring9, the V- shaped supporting member 5 is disengaged from the notch lS andby rotating or turning the handle 10the V-shaped member is swung intoasubstantially horizontal posi tion as shown in Fig. 2 in dotted lines.lVhen in this position the V-shaped member engages over the upper end ofthe flange 18 and'is locked against movement while in an inoperativeposition.

Erom the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, it iste be noted that a novel means has been provided forsupporting each end of a truck fthe two wheel type so that the same Willnot tip. over when being loaded or unloaded. It will also be noted thatthe supporting' means is capable of being locled either in an operativeor inoperative posion- While I have shown and described the preferred enbodiment of my invention, it Will ]oe understood that mnor Changes inConstruction, combination and arrangement of parts may be made Withoutdeparting from the Spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

l. The combination with a truek including a frame and supporting Wheels,of a substantially V-shaped supporting member having its ends angularlyrelated, a bracket secured to the frame and receiving one end of thesupporting member, a looking bracket secured to the frame and rotatablyreceiving the other end of the supporting member, and a fl ange formedupon one of the brackets for looking the supporting member in operativeor inoperative position.

Q The combination With a truck including a frame and supporting Wheels,of a substantially V-shaped supporting member having its ends angularlyrelated, a bracket secured to the frame and rotatably receiving one endof the supporting member, a looking bracket secured to the frame androtatably receiving the other end of the Supporting` member a handleseeured to the last named end of the supporting member, a Coiled springinterposed upon the last named end between the frame and the handle, anda flange formed upon the looking bracket for looking the supportingmember in operative or inoperative position.

In testimony Whereof I afix my Signature in presence of two witnessesJESSE XV. FORSTER. lVitnesses J. V. PIPE, J. M. PIPE.

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